Here's the 1993 60 Minutes report on how the CIA recruited a Venezuelan military officer, General Ramón Guillén Davila, to help them ship 22 tons of cocaine into American cities
The Cartel of the Suns disappeared once it lost its utility to the CIA, and was resurrected by the US government when it began targeting Venezuela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrw
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1965628033395573028